Canadian University Students Taught To Protect IP

innocent_white_lamb writes "Graduate students at Carleton University (Ottawa) are taking steps to protect their intellectual property, at the same time are insuring that they are being properly recognized for their work. This is in response to the increased commercialization of research done at universities, and high-profile cases of copyright infringement by professors at the University of Toronto and Indiana University. 'The initiative will include workshops and a handbook outlining what would constitute an infraction of students' intellectual property rights, Howlett said. Examples include a student not receiving authorship on written work, or having a professor take credit for their work. "This isn't an indictment of profs at all," said Howlett. "It's just to ensure that students' rights are protected in the case that it does happen."'"

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Intellectual Property (IP) is a Two-Way Street

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Intellectual property (IP) is a 2-way street. The news article mentions that Carleton University is teaching its students to protect their IP.

However, the students should also be taught to respect IP. Respecting IP means to not steal another person's IP.

About 10% of Carleton University's student is foreign students. 25% of the foreign students are Chinese students, and China has one of the highest rates of stealing IP. Indeed, vendors openly sell pirated movies on the streets of Hong Kong -- right in front of the police, who do nothing.